Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 795
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People who are too awesome also have troubles, and Tang's richest man is like this-with his well-informed and old-fashioned eyes, he must admit that Cao Xingcheng does not usually work hard for public relations.

In fact, everyone understands that this kind of "mind" will never achieve the effect of determining the success or failure of things, but it can actually enhance personal friendship.

For this matter, the richest man had to stay in Baodao for two more days, and from this, he paid attention to the living conditions of emerging singers such as Meng Tingwei and Zhang Yusheng, so as to avoid accidents because the circle of Baodao was too dark. What a tragedy—you know, after VCD, he still has big moves in the layout of the music industry.

At this time, Xiangjiang's secret negotiation on building a superstar also came to fruition.

Seeing that there was no unexpected name on the fax, Tang Huan shook his head, and had to admit that under the current situation, there were really not many choices.

Except for Andy Lau, the "middleman", Zhang Xueyou was promoted by DreamWorks, and Li Ming was promoted by TVB.

To be honest, the entry of these people is related to TVB.

As Guan Zhengjie's successor, Zhang Xueyou became an instant hit. The sales of his first two albums were several platinum, and he and Lu Fang became a new generation of popular idol singers.

But because success came so easily, Zhang Xueyou got lost in the bizarre entertainment industry. His career hit rock bottom in 1987 and 1988, which made him extremely decadent. He spent all day in Stormwind City and drank heavily.

It was at this stage that DreamWorks extended a helping hand, pulled Zhang Xueyou out of the abyss, and put his career back on track. Music and movies went hand in hand, so that he now has a distress, that is, he must start from the second stage. Choose one of them as the focus of your career and develop with all your strength.

The experiences of Li Ming and Andy Lau are a bit similar. After winning the third place in the "Rookie Singing Contest" in 1986, after entering TVB, they were arranged to play supporting roles in TV dramas, including some villains. They were even hidden by TVB and went to Taiwan to develop.

Maybe he is handsome, and the opportunity will come to him. Li Ming's career has developed, and he can no longer be a supporting role in TVB dramas. Last year, he played the role of Yilong Lam in "On the Edge", which attracted much attention. It became popular because of the episode "If This Is Love".

Now, Li Ming and Andy Lau's idols have similar styles, and they fascinate young female fans to death.

Of course, Tang Huan had no opinion on this plan that balanced the interests of DreamWorks and TVB—except that he felt that the "Three Heavenly Kings" were a bit awkward, but it would be too troublesome to add candidates, so he could only deal with it in this way first.

TVB and DreamWorks secretly reached this agreement, which means that from now on, the resources controlled by both parties will be fully tilted towards these three people. One of the major manifestations is that they will win various awards.

Although such an arrangement will inevitably suppress other people's opportunities to make their mark, on the whole, today's Chinese entertainment industry really needs a banner figure to lead.

Therefore, Tang Huan and Fang Yihua came up with this idea based on TVB's interests, and rarely fully supported it.

At the same time, Cao Xingcheng announced arrogantly that UMC will introduce the world's most advanced 8-inch wafer technology, creating a precedent for Taiwan's semiconductor industry. The implication is that TSMC has the support of its own father. I am not bad, I have my brothers backing me up, and I will overwhelm you again.

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The richest man ignored the infighting in the circle of Baodao, sat in his own Silicon Valley No. [-], and headed to RB. Because the schedule was slightly delayed, he flew directly to Fukuoka, the largest city in Kyushu, to attend the Fukuoka Dome Stadium. Inauguration ceremony.

The so-called "dome" refers to the arched roof of the building.

This is popular now, and the Fukuoka Dome is RB's second egg after the Tokyo Dome. It can be regarded as a masterpiece of Tang Huan's investment in RB real estate.

The Nikkei index has plummeted from 12 points on December 29 of the previous year to around 38957.44 points now, evaporating about 23000%.The bursting of the stock market bubble has gradually begun to affect the real estate market.

However, Tang Huan plans to keep the Fukuoka Dome first.This stadium, which costs 760 billion yen and can accommodate more than 35000 people, was jointly developed by him and RB national supermarket chain Daiei.Its deteriorating performance could no longer be suppressed in the second half of last year, so it had to divest some non-core assets to save the emergency. The richest man took over the other party's rights and interests, as well as the baseball team.

Masayoshi Son, who greeted Tang Huan, couldn't restrain his excitement and confirmed: "Fukuoka Dome and RB's Fukuoka Hawks of the Pacific League, are they really going to name SoftBank?"

Baseball is extremely popular in RB. It is known as the second largest national sport of RB sports after sumo wrestling. The degree of commercialization of professional games is also very high, especially the RB professional football league has not yet been established. To grab the audience - this is Tang Huan The main reason why he decided to stay at the Fukuoka Dome baseball stadium is that he also has a Major League Baseball team in the United States anyway, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is familiar with the operation.

The RB Professional Baseball League allows the team to change its name due to changing sponsors. Tang Huan decided to give this opportunity to expand his popularity to the rapidly growing Softbank.

Sun Zhengyi, the founder, has had two major changes so far-the fatal chronic hepatitis has been cured, and he has been naturalized as an RB national.This makes Softbank's development regain a backbone, and it is also a veritable RB company.

At the beginning, Softbank's business scope was in the media field. Now, Tang Huan has taken advantage of the privatization of RB's telecommunications industry to extend its tentacles into the communications field.

RB Telecom and Telephone Commune, like its peers around the world, has become a big piece of fat that everyone covets by taking advantage of the monopoly and franchise. After being privatized, it has become a golden mountain and a sea of ​​silver in the RB stock market bubble, attracting all parties. The involvement of forces in it can be described as a shadow of swords and swords; in contrast, the privatization process of the RB state-owned railway, which is dying, does not have so many troubles of fierce fighting that everyone wants to bite.

Under such circumstances, Softbank obtained the control of RB's state-owned railway communication network and developed into one of RB's four domestic Internet access companies alongside enterprises such as RB Telecom and Telephone Corporation.

The RB stock market bubble has burst, and the real estate bubble is about to burst. I don't know if the current RB elites realize that the "lost decade" has just begun.

In the view of the richest man, as the saying goes, you lose and I gain, and Softbank, which is ready to be in place, is time to grow bigger, and brand management is essential.

Therefore, Tang Huan replied in a positive tone with a smile: "Of course, and after Softbank goes public, this part of the assets can be completely owned by Softbank."

Sun Zhengyi certainly understands the advertising effect of RB Major League Baseball, but he is not satisfied with it. Instead, he took a loophole and told Tang Huan, who had the opportunity to completely eat Softbank during his illness, but it was not so As an important investor, he suggested sincerely: "If Softbank wants to develop into a star enterprise recognized by RB in China, some facade projects are still indispensable, such as through a sufficient overseas acquisition to prove its international status. .”

Tang Huan nodded incessantly when he heard this. RB people love to show their problems, but they will not be restrained immediately because of the stock market plummet. Softbank really needs to put gold on its face.

However, pragmatic and shrewd people like Tang Huan and Sun Zhengyi would certainly not be so vain in their operations.

Masayoshi Son added: "This overseas acquisition must not be acquired for the sake of acquisition. Softbank is not as good as Sony, which acquired Columbia Pictures, Mitsubishi Estate, which acquired Rockefeller Center, and Panasonic, which acquired Universal Pictures. They have squandered capital. This acquisition should immediately bring opportunities and impetus to SoftBank’s development.”

It is really not easy to find such an ideal acquisition target. It is estimated that top financial service companies such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will be invited to help.

Tang Huan thought for a long time, then slowly said, "What do you think about COMDEX?"

"Of course!" Sun Zhengyi, whose eyes lit up when he heard it, replied without thinking.

Masayoshi Son knows best how good COMDEX is now. What is even more impressive is the summit forum during the Las Vegas Autumn Fair, where bigwigs in the IT industry talked and gave advice, not to mention how impassioned they were.

However, Masayoshi Son hesitated immediately, "With years of dedication to showcasing the latest computer hardware, software, peripherals, network products and the latest technologies, COMDEX is currently considered the number one event in the IT industry. Will its shareholders be willing to sell it? "

"You don't know." Tang Huan smiled slightly, "The absolute shareholder of COMDEX - Sheldon Adelson, after buying the famous Las Vegas Sands Casino Hotel in 1988, established Las Vegas The Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which built the largest privately owned and operated convention center in the United States last year, the Sands Expo Center, is obviously shifting its business focus and doing business that is better at and more profitable."

Sun Zhengyi swallowed secretly, restrained his excitement and asked, "I don't know how much money will be used to win COMDEX?"

"I'm really not sure about this question. Let me ask the consultant team." Tang Huan gestured to his assistant. Not long after, Tang's think tank gave the result - the current value of COMDEX will not be less than 7 million U.S. dollars .

Knowing the result, Masayoshi Son slapped his thigh confidently, "As long as the fund size does not exceed US$10 billion, I am sure that SoftBank will get a loan from the bank."

"The crux of the problem is how to persuade Sheldon Adelson to make this deal." Tang Huan smiled, "This new gambling tycoon has just married for the second time, and he doesn't know how long the honeymoon is. No, we have to be patient."

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While contacting Sheldon Adelson and waiting for a reply, Tang Huan came to Tokyo to handle some business.

The bursting of the RB economic bubble will inevitably have a negative impact on the IT budgets of various enterprises.It is absolutely certain that the scale of computer purchases will decline in the past few years.

In the past, RB people only bought the most expensive ones, and seldom considered whether the computer performance was wasted, but now they must be more careful.

However, RB's foundation is there after all. As far as personal computers are concerned, the annual sales volume will not be less than 200 million units, especially its position as the world's second largest IT consumer market after the United States will not be shaken.

Of course, the status of the Fangyuan computer standard, which has become a trend, is as stable as Mount Tai, firmly dominating the RB market.

The video game industry is naturally also an important part of the inspection of Mr. Richest Man - in the current era of 32-bit game consoles, it is unlikely that Nintendo and Sega, who are in the industry status of younger players, want to make a comeback.

One project that Tang Huan is interested in is the production of the video game "Tomb Raider", which he tailor-made for Lin Qingxia with great interest.

Undoubtedly, in this version of "Tomb Raider", the heroine and the background of the story have been changed to the East. Anyway, with the success of the previous "Tomb Raider" series of movies worldwide, this kind of oriental cultural themes, the audience The surface has been laid down.

Looking at the 2.5D effect of the game that will be released before Christmas this year, Tang Huan is very satisfied - his own beautiful Lin.It's busy now.

In addition, under the warm hospitality of RB officials, Tang Huan visited NEC's supercomputer research and development progress.

These few years. RB and the U.S. University have a sense of wrestling with supercomputers. They once sat on the throne of the fastest computer in the world, but they were soon overtaken by Mr. the richest man who came back from a scientific expedition in the Arctic and drove him down with the Fangyuan supercomputer. .

RB is the virtue of kneeling and licking the strong, entertaining the richest man in every possible way, hoping that he can give some pointers during the visit.

In fact, after the successful development of the RISC microprocessor used by the Fangyuan supercomputer—Holder, Tang Huan intentionally divided it into two branches, one low and one high. Looking at the achievements of NEC, Mr. the richest man in RB can vaguely find the shadow of his own Holder system. It is really easy to express his opinions, and RB is scratching his head with joy.

After teasing these guys, Sheldon Adelson in the United States also gave a hearty answer, willing to sell the shares of COMDEX-he is an absolute shareholder. This statement means that COMDEX is about to fall. into the hands of Softbank.

The fact is also the same. Tang Huan and Sun Zhengyi arrived in Las Vegas together on the Silicon Valley One, and successfully reached a deal to acquire COMDEX for US$8 million, which instantly became the focus of the industry.

(End of this chapter)